Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Attendees at the second Heroin Town Hall event at the Challenger Learning Center in Kenai, Alaska on Thursday, May 26, 2016, answered questions about their knowledge of prescription drugs and their opinions about how the heroin addiction problem in the community should be addressed.

Second heroin town hall focuses on solutions

Talking about the heroin addiction problem is simpler than identifying solutions. However, that is where a crowd of Kenai Peninsula residents started Thursday night at… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Attendees at the second Heroin Town Hall event at the Challenger Learning Center in Kenai, Alaska on Thursday, May 26, 2016, answered questions about their knowledge of prescription drugs and their opinions about how the heroin addiction problem in the community should be addressed.

Kenai airport rezoned

Kenai’s airport land belongs to a new zone — the airport light industrial zone, designated for airport-related uses such as hangars, aircraft sales and repair… Continue reading

Kenai to decide housing disagreement

Members of the Kenai City Council will decide a dispute over a proposed housing development in Kenai’s Thompson Park subdivision. A March 23 meeting of… Continue reading

A.J Smith plays a minotaur during the Frozen Coast live-action role play group's weekly battle game on Sunday, May 22 in the Kenai Municipal Park.

Kenai LARPing group comes out swinging

In the world of monarchs, battle games and quests, Kenai live action role players are moving up. The group of live-action role players, commonly called… Continue reading

A.J Smith plays a minotaur during the Frozen Coast live-action role play group's weekly battle game on Sunday, May 22 in the Kenai Municipal Park.

Walker’s tax proposals land with thud in Alaska Legislature

JUNEAU, Alaska — Gov. Bill Walker’s newly repackaged tax proposals have landed with a thud in the Alaska Legislature, with criticism over having all the… Continue reading

  • May 26, 2016
  • By Becky Bohrer
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Great Pacific Seafoods' plant in Kenai, Alaska, shown on Wednesday, May 25, 2016, has closed and will not operate for the 2016 season.

Great Pacific Seafoods’ Alaska plants closed

Several industry sources and a former plant manager have confirmed that the seafood processor Great Pacific Seafoods has shut down its Alaska operations. Representatives from… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Great Pacific Seafoods' plant in Kenai, Alaska, shown on Wednesday, May 25, 2016, has closed and will not operate for the 2016 season.

Teacher qualification requirements under ESSA cause challenges for small, rural schools

Under the Every Student Succeeds Act, educators in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s rural and small schools may not meet new qualification requirements, and… Continue reading

  • May 26, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Medicaid claim payments delayed

Editor's note: This story has been changed to correct the title of Central Peninsula Hospital Director of External Affairs and Marketing Bruce Richards. The Alaska… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Grant Anderson, a guide and the owner of the Fly Box in Anchor Point, said the season for the Anchor River is looking good so far, with additional days, bait and triple hooks allowed and a little more space on the river to fish.

More kings return to Anchor River

Editor's note: This article has been corrected to show that Fish and Game has returned to the regulations listed in the regulations book for the… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Grant Anderson, a guide and the owner of the Fly Box in Anchor Point, said the season for the Anchor River is looking good so far, with additional days, bait and triple hooks allowed and a little more space on the river to fish.
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Frank and Mary Ferguson can see three volcanoes on the west side of Cook Inlet from their back porch near Clam Gulch, Alaska, seen on Friday, April 29, 2016.

Neighbors protest gravel pit on bluff

Editor's note: This article has been corrected to show that Wayne Bumpus did not protest the development of the gravel pit, only the possible use… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Frank and Mary Ferguson can see three volcanoes on the west side of Cook Inlet from their back porch near Clam Gulch, Alaska, seen on Friday, April 29, 2016.
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Red tape prevents people from sitting on several pieces of vandalized furniture Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at the Kenai Community Library in Kenai, Alaska. Several chairs and a stool were destroyed with a paint-like substance, and a couch was slashed with a knife at the library last week.

Library vandalism costs thousands in damage

When a patron of the Kenai Community Library prepared to sit down on one of the building’s chairs last week, he luckily noticed it was… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Red tape prevents people from sitting on several pieces of vandalized furniture Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at the Kenai Community Library in Kenai, Alaska. Several chairs and a stool were destroyed with a paint-like substance, and a couch was slashed with a knife at the library last week.

Memorial Day weekend promises sun, Lower Peninsula fishing

Memorial Day weekend will likely bring a wash of fishermen down to the Kenai Peninsula with school out, predicted temperatures in the 60s and the… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion  In this Tuesday, May 24 photo, Laural Lee, 52, listens to closing arugments during the sixth day of trial at the Kenai Courthouse in Kenai, Alaska. Lee was charged with kidnapping, sexual assualt and sexual abuse of a minor in 2014 after being accused of attacking a then-14-year-old boy near the Sterling Highway.

Lee found guilty of sexual abuse of a minor

  Sterling resident Laurel Lee has been found guilty of one count of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor. After more than a day of… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion  In this Tuesday, May 24 photo, Laural Lee, 52, listens to closing arugments during the sixth day of trial at the Kenai Courthouse in Kenai, Alaska. Lee was charged with kidnapping, sexual assualt and sexual abuse of a minor in 2014 after being accused of attacking a then-14-year-old boy near the Sterling Highway.

State, school district prepare for ESSA

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District and State of Alaska are preparing to institute new requirements set forth in the Every Student Succeeds Act, or… Continue reading

  • May 25, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan
The Robb Justice band brings Nashville sound to Hooligans this summer

The Robb Justice band brings Nashville sound to Hooligans this summer

Robb Justice gets his inspiration from country music legends, and earlier this spring the leader of the Americana-style band that bears his name had a… Continue reading

  • May 25, 2016
  • By JOHN MESSICK
The Robb Justice band brings Nashville sound to Hooligans this summer
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion  Laural Lee, 52, listens to closing arugments during the sixth day of trial Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at the Kenai Courthouse in Kenai, Alaska. Lee was charged with kidnapping, sexual assualt and sexual abuse of a minor in 2014 after being accused of attacking a then-14-year-old boy near the Sterling Highway.

State, defense rest in Laurel Lee case

After three and a half days of listening to testimony, a jury was sent Tuesday to deliberate on whether Sterling resident Laurel Lee is guilty… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion  Laural Lee, 52, listens to closing arugments during the sixth day of trial Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at the Kenai Courthouse in Kenai, Alaska. Lee was charged with kidnapping, sexual assualt and sexual abuse of a minor in 2014 after being accused of attacking a then-14-year-old boy near the Sterling Highway.

Swanson River campground to close for 2 days

The Swanson River landing and campground will be closed for two days on Wednesday and Thursday for some maintenance work. The Swanson River campground is… Continue reading

Citizens’ group aims to organize history conference

There are bits and pieces of the Kenai Peninsula’s history scattered in archives from Russia to Washington, D.C. It’s hard to get a detailed picture… Continue reading

Walker introduces bills for two of 11 special session agenda items

Here we go, again.This Legislature’s fourth special session began midday Monday when legislators were given bills to address two of Gov. Bill Walker’s 10 original… Continue reading

  • May 24, 2016
  • By ELWOOD BREHMER
Photo by Anna Frost/ Homer News Iris Neary wraps tape around an ice axe she will take with her to Denali. The group modified a lot of their gear, making it lighter or better functioning to their needs.

Homer local first to summit Denali for the 2016 season

Homer resident and Quest College student Parker Sorensen, Quest graduate and Juneau-native Iris Neary, Quest student Giovanfrancesco “Frenchie” Varoli, and Swiss pre-med student Florence Nikles… Continue reading

  • May 24, 2016
  • By ANNA FROST
Photo by Anna Frost/ Homer News Iris Neary wraps tape around an ice axe she will take with her to Denali. The group modified a lot of their gear, making it lighter or better functioning to their needs.